2015 AFC Cup

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2015 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates9 February – 31 October 2015
Teams41 (from 23 associations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol
Tournament statistics
Matches played122
Goals scored339 (2.78 per match)
Attendance496,305 (4,068 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel McBreen
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Riste Naumov
(8 goals each)
Best player(s) Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Safiq Rahim
2014
2016

The 2015 AFC Cup was the 12th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). [1]

Contents

Johor Darul Ta'zim from Malaysia won the tournament after defeating Istiklol from Tajikistan in the final.

Al-Qadsia, the defending champions, were eliminated in the semi-finals after the Kuwait Football Association was suspended by FIFA.

Association team allocation

The AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp of the AFC club competitions on 25 January 2014, [2] which was ratified by the AFC Executive Committee on 16 April 2014. [3] The member associations are ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2015 and 2016 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2014 rankings: [4]

The AFC Competitions Committee decided on the participation of member associations in the 2015 and 2016 editions of the AFC Cup on 28 November 2014. [5] [6] [7]

Participation for 2015 AFC Cup [6]
Participating
Not participating
Notes
  1. ^
    Iraq were given special entry to the 2015 AFC Cup, since they were not allowed to participate in the 2015 AFC Champions League as none of their teams passed the club licensing requirements for 2015.
  2. ^ a b
    Lebanon and Syria were not allowed to participate in the 2015 AFC Champions League as none of their teams passed the club licensing requirements for 2015, so their champions directly entered the AFC Cup group stage instead of playing in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.
  3. ^
    Afghanistan were allocated one group stage slot and one play-off slot for the 2015 and 2016 AFC Cup, but did not submit an entry for the 2015 AFC Cup.
  4. ^
    Turkmenistan were allocated one group stage slot and one play-off slot for the 2015 and 2016 AFC Cup, but both teams entered the qualifying play-off for the 2015 AFC Cup due to Iraq's participation.
  5. ^ a b
    Kyrgyzstan and Yemen were allocated one play-off slot for the 2015 AFC Cup due to participation in the 2014 AFC Cup.
  6. ^ a b
    Bangladesh and Nepal were allocated one play-off slot for the 2015 AFC Cup due to results in the 2014 AFC President's Cup.
  7. ^
    Myanmar were allocated one group stage slot and one play-off slot for the 2015 and 2016 AFC Cup, but both teams entered the group stage for the 2015 AFC Cup due to North Korea's withdrawal.
  8. ^ a b c
    Malaysia, India and Singapore were allocated one group stage slot and one play-off slot for the 2015 and 2016 AFC Cup, but both teams entered the group stage for the 2015 AFC Cup due to lack of play-off teams in the East Zone.
  9. ^
    North Korea were allocated one group stage slot and one play-off slot for the 2015 and 2016 AFC Cup, but withdrew from the 2015 AFC Cup.
  10. ^
    Laos were allocated one group stage slot and one play-off slot for the 2015 and 2016 AFC Cup, but only one team entered the 2015 AFC Cup.

Teams

The following 41 teams from 23 associations entered the competition. [8]

Teams in italics played in the 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage (had they advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage, they would have been replaced by another team from the same association).

Notes
  1. ^
    Bahrain (BHR): Al-Hidd entered the AFC Cup instead of East Riffa, the 2014 Bahraini King's Cup winners. [9] [10]
  2. ^
    India (IND): East Bengal entered the AFC Cup instead of Churchill Brothers, the 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup winners. [11]
  3. ^
    Indonesia (IDN): Since the Piala Indonesia had to be cancelled due to tightness of schedule caused by the parliamentary and presidential elections, the Indonesia Super League runners-up were chosen to represent Indonesia in the AFC Cup.
  4. ^
    Iraq (IRQ): Due to the worsening war situation and increased unrest in the country, the Iraq Football Association (IFA) ended the 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League on 18 June 2014 and declared the standings on that date as final. [12] The IFA did not crown a champion or runner-up of the league, [13] but first-placed Al-Shorta and second-placed Erbil were considered to be the champions and runners-up only for the purpose of enabling admission into the AFC Cup. [14]
  5. ^
    Jordan (JOR): Al-Jazeera entered the AFC Cup instead of Al-Faisaly, the 2013–14 Jordan League runners-up. [15]
  6. ^
    Philippines (PHI): The Philippine Football Federation confirmed that the UFL Division 1 champions (entering group stage) and the UFL FA League Cup winners (entering play-off) were chosen to represent the Philippines in the AFC Cup. [16]
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Jordan
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Teams from Jordan:
Al-Wehdat
Al-Jazeera
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Fanja (p)
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Lebanon
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Teams from Lebanon:
Al-Nejmeh
Salam Zgharta (p)
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Syria
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Teams from Syria:
Al-Wahda
Al-Jaish (p)
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Palestine
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Teams from Palestine:
Taraji Wadi Al-Nes
Hilal Al-Quds (p)
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Altyn Asyr (p)
Ahal (p)
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Dordoi (p)
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Al-Saqr (p)
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Ceres (p)
Location of teams of the 2015 AFC Cup.
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(p) Qualifying play-off participants

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). [17]

StageRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Preliminary stagePreliminary roundNo draw9–10 February 2015
Play-off stagePlay-off round17 February 2015
Group stageMatchday 111 December 201424–25 February 2015
Matchday 210–11 March 2015
Matchday 317–18 March 2015
Matchday 414–15 April 2015
Matchday 528–29 April 2015
Matchday 612–13 May 2015
Knockout stageRound of 1626–27 May 2015
Quarter-finals18 June 201525–26 August 201515–16 September 2015
Semi-finals29–30 September 201520–21 October 2015
Final31 October 2015

Qualifying play-off

The bracket for the qualifying play-off, which consisted of two rounds (preliminary round and play-off round), was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team. [18] Each tie was played as a single match, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie in the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 27 automatic qualifiers. [1]

Preliminary round

Team 1 Score Team 2
West Zone
Ahal Flag of Turkmenistan.svg 1–0 Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg Dordoi
Altyn Asyr Flag of Turkmenistan.svg 0–1 Flag of Yemen.svg Al-Saqr
Khayr Vahdat Flag of Tajikistan.svg 1–0 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Sheikh Russel
Hilal Al-Quds Flag of Palestine.svg w/o [K] Flag of Nepal.svg Manang Marshyangdi Club
Notes
  1. ^
    Manang Marshyangdi Club withdrew. [19]

Play-off round

Team 1 Score Team 2
West Zone
Fanja Flag of Oman.svg 2–3 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Ahal
Al-Hidd Flag of Bahrain.svg 2–1 Flag of Yemen.svg Al-Saqr
Salam Zgharta Flag of Lebanon.svg 3–0 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Khayr Vahdat
Al-Jaish Flag of Syria.svg 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Flag of Palestine.svg Hilal Al-Quds
East Zone
Maziya Flag of Maldives.svg 1–0 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ceres

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 11 December 2014. [18] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: [1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Greater number of away goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 10 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  7. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  9. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  10. Team who belongs to the member association with the higher AFC ranking.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification WEH WAH NAH SZG
1 Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Wehdat 6411163+1313Advance to knockout stage 0–1 4–0 5–1
2 Flag of Syria.svg Al-Wahda 632184+411 1–1 1–2 3–1
3 Flag of Oman.svg Al-Nahda 621371147 0–3 0–0 4–1
4 Flag of Lebanon.svg Salam Zgharta 6105518133 0–3 0–2 2–1
Source: AFC

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SHO JAZ TWN HID
1 Flag of Iraq.svg Al-Shorta 6231147+79Advance to knockout stage 4–0 6–2 2–2
2 Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Jazeera 62316719 1–1 2–0 1–0
3 Flag of Palestine.svg Taraji Wadi Al-Nes 613261156 1–0 1–1 1–1
4 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Hidd 60516715 1–1 1–1 1–1
Source: AFC

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification IST QAD ERB AHA
1 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol 6321128+411Advance to knockout stage 2–0 1–3 5–2
2 Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 631276+110 2–2 1–2 2–0
3 Flag of Iraq.svg Erbil 62138807 0–0 0–1 2–3
4 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Ahal 620481356 1–2 0–1 2–1
Source: AFC

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification JAI KUW RIF NEJ
1 Flag of Syria.svg Al-Jaish 642061+514Advance to knockout stage 0–0 1–1 1–0
2 Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Kuwait 631296+310 0–1 2–1 4–1
3 Flag of Bahrain.svg Riffa 62227708 0–1 2–1 2–1
4 Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Nejmeh 601541281 0–2 1–2 1–1
Source: AFC

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification PSJ BGL MAZ WAR
1 Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 6510174+1316Advance to knockout stage 3–1 0–0 6–0
2 Flag of India.svg Bengaluru FC 640288012 1–3 2–1 1–0
3 Flag of Maldives.svg Maziya 621376+17 1–2 1–2 2–0
4 Flag of Singapore.svg Warriors 6006115140 1–3 0–1 0–2
Source: AFC

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification JDT KIT EBG BAL
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 6501113+815Advance to knockout stage 2–0 4–1 3–0
2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 6321106+411 2–0 2–2 3–0
3 Flag of India.svg East Bengal 612381025 0–1 1–1 3–0
4 Flag of Singapore.svg Balestier Khalsa 6105313103 0–1 1–2 2–1
Source: AFC

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SCA PAH GLO YAD
1 Flag of Hong Kong.svg South China 6600193+1618Advance to knockout stage 3–1 3–0 3–1
2 Flag of Malaysia.svg Pahang 62221110+18 0–1 0–0 7–4
3 Flag of the Philippines.svg Global 612351275 1–6 0–0 4–1
4 Flag of Myanmar.svg Yadanarbon 61051020103 0–3 2–3 2–0
Source: AFC

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification PSB AYE NRA LAO
1 Flag of Indonesia.svg Persib Bandung 6330105+512Advance to knockout stage 3–3 4–1 1–0
2 Flag of Myanmar.svg Ayeyawady United 6240139+410 1–1 0–0 4–3
3 Flag of Maldives.svg New Radiant 612341065 0–1 0–3 2–1
4 Flag of Laos.svg Lao Toyota FC 603371033 0–0 2–2 1–1
Source: AFC

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, while in the round of 16 and final, each tie was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. [1]

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Flag of Iraq.svg Al-Shorta 0
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Kuwait 2
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Kuwait 6 1 7
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 0 1 1
Flag of Indonesia.svg Persib Bandung 0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 2
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Kuwait 4
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol (w/o) 0
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol (pen.) 1(4)
Flag of Syria.svg Al-Wahda 1(2)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol 4 1 5
Flag of Malaysia.svg Pahang 0 3 3
Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 0
Flag of Malaysia.svg Pahang (awd.) 3
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol 0
Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 1
Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Wehdat 0
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 1
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 3 0 3
Flag of Syria.svg Al-Jaish 0 2 2
Flag of Syria.svg Al-Jaish 1
Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Jazeera 0
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 3
Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim (w/o) 1
Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 5
Flag of Myanmar.svg Ayeyawady United 0
Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 3 4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg South China 1 1 2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg South China 2
Flag of India.svg Bengaluru FC 0

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the match.

Team 1 Score Team 2
West Zone
Al-Wehdat Flag of Jordan.svg 0–1 Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia
Istiklol Flag of Tajikistan.svg 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Flag of Syria.svg Al-Wahda
Al-Shorta Flag of Iraq.svg 0–2 Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Kuwait
Al-Jaish Flag of Syria.svg 1–0 Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Jazeera
East Zone
Persipura Jayapura Flag of Indonesia.svg 0–3 (awd.) [L] Flag of Malaysia.svg Pahang
South China Flag of Hong Kong.svg 2–0 Flag of India.svg Bengaluru FC
Johor Darul Ta'zim Flag of Malaysia.svg 5–0 Flag of Myanmar.svg Ayeyawady United
Persib Bandung Flag of Indonesia.svg 0–2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee
Notes
  1. ^
    The Persipura Jayapura v Pahang match was not played as scheduled as Pahang players were denied entry into Indonesia due to visa issues. [20] The AFC announced on 10 June 2015 that as a result of this and the suspension of Indonesia by FIFA, Persipura Jayapura forfeited the match and was considered to have lost the match by 3–0, based on the AFC Cup 2015 Competition Regulations and the AFC Disciplinary Code. [21]

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 June 2015. Teams from different zones could be drawn into the same tie, and there was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie. [22]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Qadsia Flag of Kuwait.svg 3–2 Flag of Syria.svg Al-Jaish 3–0 0–2
Johor Darul Ta'zim Flag of Malaysia.svg 4–2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg South China 1–1 3–1
Al-Kuwait Flag of Kuwait.svg 7–1 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 6–0 1–1
Istiklol Flag of Tajikistan.svg 5–3 Flag of Malaysia.svg Pahang 4–0 1–3

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined by the quarter-final draw. [22]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Qadsia Flag of Kuwait.svg w/o [M] Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–1 Cancelled
Al-Kuwait Flag of Kuwait.svg w/o [M] Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol 4–0 Cancelled
Notes
  1. ^ a b
    On 16 October 2015, the Kuwait Football Association was suspended by FIFA: [23] as a result, Al-Qadsia and Al-Kuwait were both disqualified from the AFC Cup. Therefore, the second legs of both semi-finals were scratched, and Johor Darul Ta'zim and Istiklol advanced to the final. [24]

Final

In the final, the host team was determined by a draw, held after the quarter-final draw. [22]

Istiklol Flag of Tajikistan.svg 0–1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim
Report Velázquez Soccerball shade.svg23'
Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Most Valuable Player [25] Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Safiq Rahim Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim
Top Goalscorer Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel McBreen Flag of Hong Kong.svg South China
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Riste Naumov Flag of Myanmar.svg Ayeyawady United

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamMD1MD2MD3MD4MD5MD62RQF1QF2SF1SF2FTotal
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel McBreen Flag of Hong Kong.svg South China 211228
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Riste Naumov Flag of Myanmar.svg Ayeyawady United 22228
3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Dickson Nwakaeme Flag of Malaysia.svg Pahang 1236
4 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Belencoso Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 11215
Flag of Cameroon.svg Mahama Awal Flag of Hong Kong.svg South China 21115
Flag of Indonesia.svg Boaz Solossa Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 11215
Flag of Brazil.svg Rogerinho Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Kuwait 2125
Flag of Kuwait.svg Bader Al-Mutawa Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 21115
Flag of Argentina.svg Luciano Figueroa Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 11215
10 Flag of Nigeria.svg Ranti Martins Flag of India.svg East Bengal 11114
Flag of Iraq.svg Marwan Hussein Flag of Iraq.svg Al-Shorta 224
Flag of Jordan.svg Mahmoud Za'tara Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Wehdat 2114
Flag of Brazil.svg Vinícius Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Kuwait 134
Flag of Malaysia.svg Safee Sali Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 1124
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Safiq Rahim Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 11114
Flag of Colombia.svg Edison Fonseca Flag of Myanmar.svg Ayeyawady United 1124
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Manuchekhr Dzhalilov Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol 1124
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Khurshed Makhmudov Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol 11114

Note: Goals scored in qualifying play-off not counted when determining top scorer (see regulations, Article 77.4). [1] [26]

Source: the-AFC.com [27] [28] [29]

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